- Location
- USA
4th is still the most recent? Neat will have to look over the various stuff in there to see what might be useful
Approaching the Infinite [Multiversal Techploitation Planquest]
- Thread starter Addemup
- Start date
- Sci-Fi Alt. History Historic
[X] [SNES-CD Games] Frantic Flight (1993)
[X] [SNES-CD Games] Universalizer (1994)
[X] [Orvii] Don't respond
[X] [MualdE] Don't respond
[X] [SNES-CD Games] Universalizer (1994)
[X] [Orvii] Don't respond
[X] [MualdE] Don't respond
SaberFail
All Ideas. No Skills. a bit hungry
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Did not know that, thanks, added Universalizer to my vote
- Location
- USA
Possible point targets:
Attributes-
IQ 20 points- all IQ skills get a +1 some other stuff as well (Will is increased and some advantages key off of IQ)
Advantages-
Cultural Familiarity 10 points- gets rid of -3 cultural unfamiliarity penalty which will help when we look at media from around the world
Eidetic Memory 5/10 points- better memory is always useful
Gadgeteer 25/50 points- 50 points is comic book level
High TL 5pts per level- knowledge of more advanced science and engineering can be useful long run
Intuition 15 pts- the higher our IQ the better this is and we want a high IQ long run because that boosts alot of skills we have and are likely to pick up
Language Talent 10 pts- any time we learn a language it functions as a level higher (so our Korean would be Accented instead of Broken) useful given the wide range of languages in media we might dive into
Luck 15/30/60- better lucky than good, higher levels makes it recharge faster
Reduced Consumption 2 pts/level- probably only want the 1st level, reduces the food/water we need by 1/3 so helps us stretch our money farther by needing to spend less on food while not being too out of the ordinary
Talent 5/10/15 per level (max of 4 for any one Talent)- basically a +1 to skill for a number of skills (exact number depending by points spent) and we can train those skills quicker (but not cheaper)
Skills- (skills go 1, 2, 4 then increase by 4 for each +1)
Accounting IQ-2 (10) for 1 point, always useful to have some knowledge here but not a major investment area
Computer Programming 4 points for each +1- always useful
Cryptography- IQ-2 for 1 point- helpful for both hacking and defending against hacking/viruses
Driving- probably want to put a point here at some point to bump this to a 10
Electronics Operations (Communications) IQ-1 good for hacking/defending vs hacking
Electronics Repair (Computers) IQ-1 good for fixing any problems with our computer in case those happen
Engineer (Electronic) IQ-2 good for designing computers, goes with general computer skill improvement
Engineer (Parachronic) getting better at the skill that lets us look into other dimensions is also useful
Finance IQ-2 doing better on our finances is always useful (not something to put a lot of points into though)
Mathematics (Applied) improving a skill we use
Mathematics (Computer Science) (Cryptology) two additional useful fields to have some understanding in
Physics(Quantum) another skill we will want to increase at some point
If people have other ideas I can look up point costs and ability/skill name
Attributes-
IQ 20 points- all IQ skills get a +1 some other stuff as well (Will is increased and some advantages key off of IQ)
Advantages-
Cultural Familiarity 10 points- gets rid of -3 cultural unfamiliarity penalty which will help when we look at media from around the world
Eidetic Memory 5/10 points- better memory is always useful
Gadgeteer 25/50 points- 50 points is comic book level
High TL 5pts per level- knowledge of more advanced science and engineering can be useful long run
Intuition 15 pts- the higher our IQ the better this is and we want a high IQ long run because that boosts alot of skills we have and are likely to pick up
Language Talent 10 pts- any time we learn a language it functions as a level higher (so our Korean would be Accented instead of Broken) useful given the wide range of languages in media we might dive into
Luck 15/30/60- better lucky than good, higher levels makes it recharge faster
Reduced Consumption 2 pts/level- probably only want the 1st level, reduces the food/water we need by 1/3 so helps us stretch our money farther by needing to spend less on food while not being too out of the ordinary
Talent 5/10/15 per level (max of 4 for any one Talent)- basically a +1 to skill for a number of skills (exact number depending by points spent) and we can train those skills quicker (but not cheaper)
Skills- (skills go 1, 2, 4 then increase by 4 for each +1)
Accounting IQ-2 (10) for 1 point, always useful to have some knowledge here but not a major investment area
Computer Programming 4 points for each +1- always useful
Cryptography- IQ-2 for 1 point- helpful for both hacking and defending against hacking/viruses
Driving- probably want to put a point here at some point to bump this to a 10
Electronics Operations (Communications) IQ-1 good for hacking/defending vs hacking
Electronics Repair (Computers) IQ-1 good for fixing any problems with our computer in case those happen
Engineer (Electronic) IQ-2 good for designing computers, goes with general computer skill improvement
Engineer (Parachronic) getting better at the skill that lets us look into other dimensions is also useful
Finance IQ-2 doing better on our finances is always useful (not something to put a lot of points into though)
Mathematics (Applied) improving a skill we use
Mathematics (Computer Science) (Cryptology) two additional useful fields to have some understanding in
Physics(Quantum) another skill we will want to increase at some point
If people have other ideas I can look up point costs and ability/skill name
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[X] [SNES-CD Games] Frantic Flight (1993)
[X] [SNES-CD Games] Universalizer (1994)
[X] [Orvii] Don't respond
[X] [MualdE] Don't respond
[X] [SNES-CD Games] Universalizer (1994)
[X] [Orvii] Don't respond
[X] [MualdE] Don't respond
Pretty good analysis.
An important thing to note is that GURPS character advancement requires there to be a way for the PC to reasonably get said advancement within the campaign setting. So for example, a direct IQ increase would not be possible unless there's an intelligence boosting drug available to the PC, or something similar.
Vote closed
V [Jul 5 2024 0900 PDT]
July 5, 2024
0830 PDT
Back home from the gym, you sit down at the computer once more before taking a look at what's been downloaded. Seven more episodes of JTHM, an SNES-CD emulator designed for Windows 10, and two ISOs for said emulator - Frantic Flight and Universalizer. Yes, today's going to be quite productive for your burgeoning internet career, but before the stream begins there's one more thing to do: run snescicle, the emulator, and use it to open one of the ISOs in order to see if it works.
Damnit.
Snescicle doesn't even start, it just gives an unintelligible error message and then goes kaput. It must be something about the differing architecture between the Windows 10 of TL-0 and its TL-2 counterpart. Something tells you this won't be the last time you encounter this sort of problem.
Nevertheless, you're a programmer, and given enough time and effort you can come up with a solution. It would take at least a day - likely more - for you to write up a DLL patch file, and even then you'll still have to do a daily stream along with your freelance work. Is this an immediate priority or not?
[] [Architecture Incompatibility] Work on a patch ASAP (-1 difficulty modifier)
[] [Architecture Incompatibility] Shelve the project for sometime next week (+0 difficulty modifier)
- - -
Then there's the matter of your social media accounts. The JTHM pilot you uploaded to YouTube has netted your channel two subscribers and a couple dozen views, but the lack of content on your two remaining platforms is something that you feel needs to be rectified.
Of course, you don't intend to self-promote on any of these sites. Instead, your plan is to build up a reputation by making meaningful replies to various posters, with the added intention of drawing users to your account and by extension the content you upload.
X, once upon a time called Twitter, is the first of these two sites. You already have a couple followers already, but based on their profile pictures and general lack of posts you're positive that they're just bots. A few options have already come to mind:
[] [X / Twitter] Reply to IZ/scenemo/goth artists
This one is pretty obvious. Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Invader Zim, goth, emo, the connections are right there. It shouldn't be too difficult to find emo or emo-adjacent artists with significant follower counts, but there's still a possibility that it could take upwards of hours in order to find the right users.
[] [X / Twitter] Reply to gimmick accounts
Then there's a more mainstream approach: take your pick among several of the many, many, many X gimmick accounts, make sure to consistently post under the posts they churn out, and sit back to see if any traffic makes its way to your profile.
[] [X / Twitter] Tweet your thoughts on your user page
You've already synced your account with Twitch, so it automatically sends out a tweet when a stream goes up. But there's still no reason for you not to talk about stuff on your main profile... unless you want to keep things private. You could spend this time building upon the whole "AI-generated content" alibi you've got going on, but then again maintaining consistency will become much harder if you do so.
[] [X / Twitter] Don't reply or post anything
- - -
Reddit is the other site you have an account on. Sure, you could stick with Twitch, Tube and maybe Twitter, but chances are you created that Reddit account for good reason. Even if you can't remember said reason, it would be pointless to leave it in the dust. Which avenue of interaction will you take first?
[] [Reddit] Comment on posts in r/InvaderZim
Once again, a no-brainer. You've watched a fair amount of Invader Zim back during your teen years, so keeping up with what others are saying shouldn't be too hard. Enter the Florpus isn't something you've seen, on the other hand, so if you ever want to watch a movie during your time off then this might be worth a shot.
[] [Reddit] Comment on posts in r/programming
Giving people pointers on how to code up programs might be a very good way to build up your Reddit reputation. Since you're quite good at programming in multiple languages, you're certain that many people would appreciate your help.
[] [Reddit] Comment on another subreddit's posts (write-in)
[] [Reddit] Don't comment or post anything
- - -
July 5, 2024
0900 PDT
Once your social media now has content, you lie back in your swivel chair and stretch your arms. Try as you might to relax, you can't help but think wild thoughts about the potential dangers that might come up during your multiversal escapades.
Regardless of what you do, there will come a day when people learn the truth about your "AI-generated content". Public outcry towards your deception, calls from governments to nationalize your parachronic technology, and potential litigation are only some of your worries. You'll need to be prepared, and you'll need to prepare a lot. That simple fact cannot be stressed enough.
The first line of defense you'll need to think about is the legality of it all. Of course, there's no real precedent that says people can steal media from other worlds and try to pass it off as their own, but that doesn't mean you're free from any repercussions - civil or criminal.
[] [Contingency Plans] Research a possible legal defense
Another option could be to try and get the government's politicians in your pocket so they'll look the other way, but that would require a lot of money - money you don't have. At least, not yet.
[] [Contingency Plans] Try to influence politics towards your favor
Then there's the worst case scenario: some organization or another issues a warrant for your arrest, or even seek to kill you. In this case you'd need to defend yourself from them, while fleeing to someplace as far away form these enemies as possible - preferably, someplace not in TL-0. You could just be way too paranoid towards others, but you never know what could happen.
[] [Contingency Plans] Learn firearm defense tactics
[] [Contingency Plans] Start saving money for guns
The thing is all of these contingencies hinge on one thing: that the secret of your success is uncovered to the public. You could always focus on preventing this from happening sooner, but doing that will leave your actual contingency plans lacking in detail.
[] [Contingency Plans] Work on ways to hide the truth for longer
- - -
A/N: I forgot to mention that Ted Sung is a freelance programmer. Guess there's no time like the present.
0830 PDT
Back home from the gym, you sit down at the computer once more before taking a look at what's been downloaded. Seven more episodes of JTHM, an SNES-CD emulator designed for Windows 10, and two ISOs for said emulator - Frantic Flight and Universalizer. Yes, today's going to be quite productive for your burgeoning internet career, but before the stream begins there's one more thing to do: run snescicle, the emulator, and use it to open one of the ISOs in order to see if it works.
Damnit.
Snescicle doesn't even start, it just gives an unintelligible error message and then goes kaput. It must be something about the differing architecture between the Windows 10 of TL-0 and its TL-2 counterpart. Something tells you this won't be the last time you encounter this sort of problem.
Nevertheless, you're a programmer, and given enough time and effort you can come up with a solution. It would take at least a day - likely more - for you to write up a DLL patch file, and even then you'll still have to do a daily stream along with your freelance work. Is this an immediate priority or not?
[] [Architecture Incompatibility] Work on a patch ASAP (-1 difficulty modifier)
[] [Architecture Incompatibility] Shelve the project for sometime next week (+0 difficulty modifier)
- - -
Then there's the matter of your social media accounts. The JTHM pilot you uploaded to YouTube has netted your channel two subscribers and a couple dozen views, but the lack of content on your two remaining platforms is something that you feel needs to be rectified.
Of course, you don't intend to self-promote on any of these sites. Instead, your plan is to build up a reputation by making meaningful replies to various posters, with the added intention of drawing users to your account and by extension the content you upload.
X, once upon a time called Twitter, is the first of these two sites. You already have a couple followers already, but based on their profile pictures and general lack of posts you're positive that they're just bots. A few options have already come to mind:
[] [X / Twitter] Reply to IZ/scenemo/goth artists
This one is pretty obvious. Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Invader Zim, goth, emo, the connections are right there. It shouldn't be too difficult to find emo or emo-adjacent artists with significant follower counts, but there's still a possibility that it could take upwards of hours in order to find the right users.
[] [X / Twitter] Reply to gimmick accounts
Then there's a more mainstream approach: take your pick among several of the many, many, many X gimmick accounts, make sure to consistently post under the posts they churn out, and sit back to see if any traffic makes its way to your profile.
[] [X / Twitter] Tweet your thoughts on your user page
You've already synced your account with Twitch, so it automatically sends out a tweet when a stream goes up. But there's still no reason for you not to talk about stuff on your main profile... unless you want to keep things private. You could spend this time building upon the whole "AI-generated content" alibi you've got going on, but then again maintaining consistency will become much harder if you do so.
[] [X / Twitter] Don't reply or post anything
- - -
Reddit is the other site you have an account on. Sure, you could stick with Twitch, Tube and maybe Twitter, but chances are you created that Reddit account for good reason. Even if you can't remember said reason, it would be pointless to leave it in the dust. Which avenue of interaction will you take first?
[] [Reddit] Comment on posts in r/InvaderZim
Once again, a no-brainer. You've watched a fair amount of Invader Zim back during your teen years, so keeping up with what others are saying shouldn't be too hard. Enter the Florpus isn't something you've seen, on the other hand, so if you ever want to watch a movie during your time off then this might be worth a shot.
[] [Reddit] Comment on posts in r/programming
Giving people pointers on how to code up programs might be a very good way to build up your Reddit reputation. Since you're quite good at programming in multiple languages, you're certain that many people would appreciate your help.
[] [Reddit] Comment on another subreddit's posts (write-in)
[] [Reddit] Don't comment or post anything
- - -
July 5, 2024
0900 PDT
Once your social media now has content, you lie back in your swivel chair and stretch your arms. Try as you might to relax, you can't help but think wild thoughts about the potential dangers that might come up during your multiversal escapades.
Regardless of what you do, there will come a day when people learn the truth about your "AI-generated content". Public outcry towards your deception, calls from governments to nationalize your parachronic technology, and potential litigation are only some of your worries. You'll need to be prepared, and you'll need to prepare a lot. That simple fact cannot be stressed enough.
The first line of defense you'll need to think about is the legality of it all. Of course, there's no real precedent that says people can steal media from other worlds and try to pass it off as their own, but that doesn't mean you're free from any repercussions - civil or criminal.
[] [Contingency Plans] Research a possible legal defense
Another option could be to try and get the government's politicians in your pocket so they'll look the other way, but that would require a lot of money - money you don't have. At least, not yet.
[] [Contingency Plans] Try to influence politics towards your favor
Then there's the worst case scenario: some organization or another issues a warrant for your arrest, or even seek to kill you. In this case you'd need to defend yourself from them, while fleeing to someplace as far away form these enemies as possible - preferably, someplace not in TL-0. You could just be way too paranoid towards others, but you never know what could happen.
[] [Contingency Plans] Learn firearm defense tactics
[] [Contingency Plans] Start saving money for guns
The thing is all of these contingencies hinge on one thing: that the secret of your success is uncovered to the public. You could always focus on preventing this from happening sooner, but doing that will leave your actual contingency plans lacking in detail.
[] [Contingency Plans] Work on ways to hide the truth for longer
- - -
A/N: I forgot to mention that Ted Sung is a freelance programmer. Guess there's no time like the present.
- Location
- USA
This makes it easier but might leave us needing to cut something between work and stream?
- Location
- England
What about as a contingency plan we just say "these are from another universe?" No wait hear me out!
Think about all those posts by people claiming to be time travelers back in 2000s, no governments really took those seriously.
Instead that can be our gimmick, our angle we use for comedy, and because that's what we are claiming people will assume the truth is something else entirely.
Then when the truth comes out we can say "I told you!"
Think about all those posts by people claiming to be time travelers back in 2000s, no governments really took those seriously.
Instead that can be our gimmick, our angle we use for comedy, and because that's what we are claiming people will assume the truth is something else entirely.
Then when the truth comes out we can say "I told you!"
[X] [Architecture Incompatibility] Work on a patch ASAP (-1 difficulty modifier)
[X] [X / Twitter] Don't reply or post anything
[X] [Reddit] Don't comment or post anything
[X] [Contingency Plans] Work on ways to hide the truth for longer
It's hard to explain my reasoning, but I basically want to use mystery as a way to compel people to make their own conclusions. Think MatPat's Game theory and how people started to create complex theories and speculated when Five Nights At Freddy's first came out. Sorry if this is hard to understand.
[X] [X / Twitter] Don't reply or post anything
[X] [Reddit] Don't comment or post anything
[X] [Contingency Plans] Work on ways to hide the truth for longer
It's hard to explain my reasoning, but I basically want to use mystery as a way to compel people to make their own conclusions. Think MatPat's Game theory and how people started to create complex theories and speculated when Five Nights At Freddy's first came out. Sorry if this is hard to understand.
- Location
- Raleigh, NC
[X] [Architecture Incompatibility] Work on a patch ASAP (-1 difficulty modifier)
[X] [X / Twitter] Don't reply or post anything
[X] [Reddit] Don't comment or post anything
[X] [Contingency Plans] Work on ways to hide the truth for longer
[X] [X / Twitter] Don't reply or post anything
[X] [Reddit] Don't comment or post anything
[X] [Contingency Plans] Work on ways to hide the truth for longer
- Location
- USA
[X] [Architecture Incompatibility] Work on a patch ASAP (-1 difficulty modifier)
[X] [X / Twitter] Don't reply or post anything
[X] [Reddit] Don't comment or post anything
[X] [Contingency Plans] Work on ways to hide the truth for longer
[X] [X / Twitter] Don't reply or post anything
[X] [Reddit] Don't comment or post anything
[X] [Contingency Plans] Work on ways to hide the truth for longer
Definitely an interesting idea. I'll be sure to put it to a vote in the future.
SaberFail
All Ideas. No Skills. a bit hungry
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] [Architecture Incompatibility] Work on a patch ASAP (-1 difficulty modifier)
Better get it over with now that it won't cost us much.
[X] [X / Twitter] Reply to gimmick accounts
We're not always going to broadcast sometimes that fits the emo/goth demographics, so this could let us get some traffic regardless of what we're doing.
[X] [Reddit] Comment on posts in r/programming
Out alibi is we're using AI, so posting some tips and such could help sell the lie.
[X] [Contingency Plans] Learn firearm defense tactics
DAKKA!!!!!
Better get it over with now that it won't cost us much.
[X] [X / Twitter] Reply to gimmick accounts
We're not always going to broadcast sometimes that fits the emo/goth demographics, so this could let us get some traffic regardless of what we're doing.
[X] [Reddit] Comment on posts in r/programming
Out alibi is we're using AI, so posting some tips and such could help sell the lie.
[X] [Contingency Plans] Learn firearm defense tactics
DAKKA!!!!!
Vote closed
[X] [Architecture Incompatibility] Work on a patch ASAP (-1 difficulty modifier)
[X] [X / Twitter] Reply to gimmick accounts
[X] [Reddit] Comment on posts in r/programming
[X] [Contingency Plans] Learn firearm defense tactics
[X] [X / Twitter] Reply to gimmick accounts
[X] [Reddit] Comment on posts in r/programming
[X] [Contingency Plans] Learn firearm defense tactics